At the first time when the Korean War broke out, Fang Lang's main concern was whether the material passage in his hometown was unblocked, and he knew very well that the comprehensive blockade of the Americans would come soon.

At that time, it would be very difficult to deliver supplies to his hometown, but there were some things that he could not personally come forward for, but fortunately, he had already prepared for this, and the means and manpower arranged on Hong Kong Island in the early stage were activated as soon as possible.

First of all, some small smuggling gangs controlled by Hongmen Dashengtang in Hong Kong City suddenly received a large amount of commissions. Then Mr. Huo, who was well known to later generations, suddenly got a large investment, which was originally a small cargo ship transport fleet.

It has been rapidly expanded to ten high-speed freighters, and the fleet has also been rapidly expanded.

In a short period of time, he became the owner of a powerful fleet in the port city.

Fang Lang began to silently speed up the aid to his hometown through various means, and at the same time, he also maintained a secret contact with Mr. Qiao, the person in charge of the port city of Xiaoxinhua, his hometown, to understand what the materials his hometown needed most, and then find a suitable channel to transfer them over.

Just as he was about to concentrate on helping his hometown transport supplies, General Crook suddenly informed him to go to the Ministry of Defense to meet him.

After receiving this notice, he had some vague speculations in his heart, and immediately drove to the Ministry of Defense building without stopping.

Seeing Fang Lang come in, General Crook didn't say too much greetings and nonsense, pointed to the chair opposite his desk, motioned for Fang Lang to sit down, and asked directly straight to the point:

"On the 25th, war broke out on the peninsula, did you know?"

As soon as he heard General Crook's question, Fang Lang's heart moved, and he secretly said that this was indeed the case. He nodded quietly and said:

"I've heard about it, it's been reported in the news, what's wrong?"

Seeing that Fang Lang's face seemed to be still calm, General Crook said with some confusion:

"What do you think about this war? You must know that the President of the United States, Mr. Truman, has ordered the American military to start intervening. ”

After Fang Lang thought about it for a while, he frowned slightly, and went straight to the point:

"Do the Americans want to pull us in?"

Seeing that Fang Lang did not shy away from getting straight to the point, General Crook felt a little surprised, after all, Fang Lang had rarely directly expressed his direct opinion on something before. But attitudes seem to have changed a lot today.

"Yes, the Americans launched a motion at the UN proposing the creation of a UN force to intervene directly in the war on the peninsula.

They also sent their ambassador to Brazil to lobby Mr. President, hoping that we, Brazil, would continue to stand with them and join in this action to uphold justice, as we did in the Second World War. ”

As soon as he heard this, Fang Lang secretly said in his heart, things really did not meet his expectations, the United States still sent an invitation to Brazil, and Brazil in history did not know for what reason and did not agree to send troops.

But that was a decision made during the Vargas government, and now because of his own participation, Brazil's history has changed dramatically, and Vargas has not been elected as a new president at all.

Therefore, Fang Lang is a little worried in his heart, whether Brazil will change its decision and join this war that it should not join because of the wings of this butterfly.

Fortunately, now that General Crook is asking for his opinion, he should have doubts about joining this war, and he still has the opportunity to correct history back to the right track, reduce an opponent for his hometown, and must not let Brazil join this war.

"Huh...... Righteous action? What does the affairs of the two countries on the peninsula have to do with the Americans? The reason why they organized the army to directly intervene in the situation on the peninsula was nothing more than to curb the development of the Soviet Union and their homeland.

But will the Soviet Union and the homeland allow the Americans to directly intervene to change the pattern of the peninsula? The answer is no.

It is not enough for them to intervene on their own, and they want to pull the entire United Nations together to do it, is this looking for legal justification for their actions of interfering in the internal affairs of other countries? ”

Hearing this, General Crook still didn't understand Fang Lang's attitude towards this matter, although he was a little surprised that Fang Lang's position would be so clear this time, he still couldn't help but confirm it again:

"You mean, don't agree with our Brazil joining this UN force?"

The relationship between General Crook and Fang Lang is not as simple as the same faction. In such a serious matter, Fang Lang's attitude must of course be very clear, otherwise a little carelessness may cause very serious consequences.

That's why it's the first time he has expressed his opinion on this matter with such a clear attitude.

Hearing General Crook's question, his heart moved slightly, and he understood that there must be many people in Brazil who disagree with him, that is, some people may support Brazil to join the United Nations force.

He wasn't surprised by this, and he would have felt strange if he hadn't had it.

"What? There are a lot of people who want to join this so-called United Nations Army? ”

Although he knew that this situation was normal, Fang Lang couldn't help but ask General Crook this question that he had already known the answer to.

Regarding Fang Lang's question, General Crook just smiled, shrugged his shoulders and said:

"Of course? After all, we have gained such a huge benefit by participating in the European competition, and now that we have the opportunity to show up, how can no one have any ideas? ”

From General Crook's words, Fang Lang did not hear General Crook's own attitude towards this matter. However, now that he has made his attitude clear, he will no longer care about the other party's attitude.

When the time comes, if the other party's idea is contrary to his, it will be embarrassing for the two sides to have an argument. Therefore, he directly skipped the meaning of asking the other party what he thought.

Now that General Crook said that someone had an idea, he just had to refute what these people thought.

"Huh...... We got a huge advantage from going to Europe because we came late and didn't pay much to win. It is that many people think that war can bring us great benefits.

If we, like those European countries, directly sacrificed a generation, do you think they still think that it is good to fight?

Moreover, the enemy of this peninsular war is not the original Germans, but a superpower that has mastered nuclear weapons.

Are they ready for a nuclear strike? ”

As soon as these words came out, General Crook's face changed instantly. In fact, it turned out that General Crook's attitude really wanted to intervene in this war.

The reason why he invited Fang Lang to come over to discuss this issue was entirely because Fang Lang was of Asian descent and might have a better understanding of the situation in Asia.

In addition, Fang Lang was his most important ally, and his actions had to be supported by Fang Lang, so he would ask Fang Lang's opinion.

But I didn't expect Fang Lang to show his attitude directly and rarely, and he was unwilling to get involved in this war. Now when he heard Fang Lang say that he was ready to face a nuclear attack, he was even more frightened.

"No, it won't! You mean, the war on the peninsula could turn into a big war between the United States and the Soviet Union? ”

Seeing General Crook's performance, Fang Lang was secretly happy in his heart, and said with a slight smile:

"General Crook would not have thought that the intervention prepared by the Yankees this time was simply aimed at the Northern Peninsula! If that's the case, why would they bother to come up with a UN force?

Do you know that the peninsula is directly bordered by the Soviet Union and his homeland, and these two powers allow the Americans to drive their troops to his border without doing anything? ”

After hearing Fang Lang's analysis, General Crook's face also changed greatly, he was not unclear about the geographical location of the North Peninsula, but according to his speculation, the United Nations Army organized by the United States was at most to help the South Peninsula recover the lost territory.

After all, this operation was carried out in the name of the United Nations forces, and the Soviet Union was also a member of the United Nations, and they would not overturn the UN resolutions that had already been adopted!

Of course, in order to get the Jin battalion commander of the North Peninsula to agree to the pattern of the South Peninsula, they may also need to fight until the North Peninsula surrenders, and make the North Peninsula pay the price for their unauthorized war.

But he never thought of confronting the Soviets head-on! It's not a smart choice. Now after hearing Fang Lang's analysis, he was shocked to find that the risks behind this war would be so huge.

"In that case, we really don't feel like we're in a good position to get involved. But given our relationship with the United States, if we directly refuse to participate in the actions of their organization, will they have a problem with us? ”

As soon as he heard this, Fang Lang understood that General Crook agreed with his statement and was not ready to participate in the war for hegemony between the United States and the Soviet Union.

Fang Lang was also very surprised that General Crook could be persuaded by him so easily, after all, in Fang Lang's impression, General Crook was a very assertive general.

Now he made the other party change his attitude in just a few words, which really made him feel a little unreal.

But what Fang Lang didn't know was that General Crook knew very well in his heart that Fang Lang's influence on President Scalia was far beyond his comparison.

If Fang Lang's attitude is to refuse to participate in this operation, then there is basically no need to say what the attitude of Mr. President, who was supported by the Fang family, will be.

In this case, if he runs out and goes against the tune, he will not only lose points in front of the president, but also lose Fang Lang, the most important ally.

More importantly, he is not a war maniac, and certainly does not want to drag the newly developed Brazil into the abyss of war.

No matter what General Crook thought in his heart, after he said this, it basically showed that he and Fang Lang were on the same side.

Therefore, after hearing General Crook's question, Fang Lang just smiled slightly, and then said directly:

"Of course, we don't have to directly refuse to participate in the UN forces they organized, it's just that our current domestic situation does not allow us to participate in the war on the peninsula.

Because our neighbor, Argentina, has recently been creating conflicts on our borders and building up troops on the borders, we have to gather our troops on the borders, ready to respond to possible border conflicts. ”

When General Crook heard this, his heart was overjoyed, good fellow! This Argentina is really a good shield!

And this statement is the truth, I believe that the Americans have nothing to say! However, although the Americans may not say anything on the surface, they will retaliate behind their backs.

So, after thinking about it, General Crook still spoke:

"On the surface Americans may not say anything, but secretly they ......"

As soon as he heard this, Fang Lang understood what General Crook wanted to express, and he smiled slightly:

"It doesn't matter, although we can't directly send troops to the war, we can still provide some support in terms of materials! We can supply food and other supplies openly!

And, if the Americans accept it, we can also provide some support within our capacity in terms of weapons and equipment! For example, our helicopter manufacturing plant is licensed to produce Bell 47 helicopters in the United States.

We can help them produce these weapons and equipment! ”

In fact, of course, there is more than one kind of weapon and equipment that Brazil can produce now, and the F86 fighter Fang Lang, which the Americans are equipped with, is not impossible to produce.

But this kind of equipment that can be directly used for attack, Fang Lang is not willing to help the Americans produce it. The Bell 47 was different, a small helicopter, although later the Americans tried to equip him with weapons and engage him in battle.

But in reality, most of the time he was responsible for transporting the wounded, which did not directly cause direct damage to the soldiers back home, and, if he did not participate, a large number of American companies would be involved.

Instead of this, it is better to let the Americans pay for him to upgrade the production line of helicopters.

How could General Crook not understand what Fang Lang meant, this is because he doesn't want to send troops to the war, but he wants to continue to participate in the big business behind it, and he is really the blackest heart of the capitalist!

After pondering for a long time, General Crook nodded slowly and said:

"I see what you mean, and I'll report this to Mr. President. Believe me, our position will always be the same. ”

Regarding General Crook's words, Fang Lang just smiled and nodded, how could this kind of thing be taken seriously, although they belonged to the same camp, and even in the eyes of outsiders, Fang Lang was basically General Crook's descendant.

But in fact, not everyone can agree on everything, for example, Fang Lang silently promoted the status of the Chinese, if General Crook knew about it, he would never agree.

After all, in this kind of inter-ethnic matter, it is impossible to expect a person of other ethnic groups to consider the problem from the standpoint of the Chinese.

Of course, Fang Lang knows what it means to seek common ground while reserving differences, and he also knows how to make more friends and fewer enemies.

Therefore, in most cases where the fundamental interests of each other are not harmed, Fang Lang will generally respect the other party's opinions, and if he really has any thoughts of his own, he will also say it directly. General Crook would not generally have objected.

Seeing that General Crook was convinced, Fang Lang also breathed a sigh of relief, he knew very well in his heart that it was useless to convince General Crook alone, although the Ministry of Defense was the strongest with General Crook, it did not mean that this was his word.

Of course, it is not enough to convince the generals of the army, but also to make a political effort to make the members of Congress aware of the risks of intervening in this war, so that Brazil can completely stay away from this war.

Therefore, after leaving General Crook's office, Fang Lang immediately arranged for Xin Shiliang to start conveying this idea among the parliamentarians they funded.

(End of chapter)